Overview & Benefits – Magnesium Oxide Board

MagO® — The New Generation Building Material

The MagO® product line is engineered to eliminate the toughest problems faced by architects, engineers, contractors, and builders today while also making construction easier. Addressing both, magnesium oxide boards result in lower construction costs during installation and reduced maintenance expenses over the lifespan of the building.

MagO Building Products Ltd. provides a better alternative for healthy, affordable, durable, and energy efficient buildings. MgO board is a technologically advanced building material offering superior performance in every category when compared to traditional wood, gypsum, and cement based products.

Magnesium oxide more commonly called magnesia is a versatile mineral that when used as part of a cement mixture and cast into thin cement panels under proper curing procedures and practices can be used in residential and commercial building construction. MgO magnesium board are suitable for a wide range of general building uses and for applications that require fire resistance, mold and mildew control, as well as sound control applications and many other benefits.

As an environmentally friendly building material, magnesia board has strength and resistance due to very strong bonds between magnesium and oxygen atoms that form the magnesium oxide molecules (chemical symbol MgO).

Magnesia boards are used in place of traditional gypsum drywall as wall and ceiling covering material and sheathing, as well as in a number of other construction applications.” (description from wikipedia)

Since MgO board is a mineral based green building product and it is homogeneous, there will be no delamination over time. It can also have a positive impact on occupants’ health and safety while extending the life of the building investment.

What Differentiates MgO Board From other Materials?

MgO Board is virtually impervious to: Water Fire Insects Chemicals MgO boards actively prevent the growth of mold or mildew and are also environmentally friendly and non-toxic.

In addition to the above characteristics, MgO has excellent adhesion values that are perfect for Portland stucco, acrylic stucco, wallpaper, stone, tile, brick, and much more. MgO’s adhesion values also allow it to be endorsed by most major suppliers of finishes including Imasco Minerals, Master Wall, Acrylabs, Mapei, Surecrete, Carpenter Stone, Total Wall, Stucco Flex, and Encap are part of a growing list. Since MagO Board is glass smooth on one side, a level five beautiful and durable finish can be achieved with much less work than typical gypsum board and it can be painted the same day as they are installed. For paint, it is recommended to use a specified primer such as Sherwin Williams’ Loxon.

MgO board has different characteristics than gypsum. It can be scored and snapped but better results come from cutting with carbide saws and shaping with routers. Attachment can be done using a nail gun, which results in much faster construction time or screws that are able to self countersink work. MgO board generally has superior strength than gypsum for impact, fastener holding, and shear applications. A single screw in a 12 mm board can hold 200 lbs in shear and half that amount in tension. Due to its hardness, Corner and J beads are not required. Joints do not have to be on a stud and it is possible to go from board installation to painting the same day. Moreover, because of its stiffness, thinner boards can be used. Ten millimeter or three eighth inch works well for walls and eight millimeter can be used for ceilings.

Sustainability

MgO board has very low carbon footprint and it can be recycled or re-purposed. It contributes to clean landfills since it is classified as a mineral and when ground to powder becomes a valuable soil amender.

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"MgO board is not affected by water. It provides structural and impact strength to a wall or ceiling. It is non combustible, generates no smoke or flames and the salt component prevents mold and mildew. Mago Board is easy to work using carbide cutters, make furniture with it. No VOC's, toxins, out gassing of any noxious gasses. "

"MagO Board's main ingredients are taken daily by millions of people for good health and plants need them for photosynthesis. MgO board also has a very low carbon footprint which will go to neutral when we make it here and is fully recyclable or can be re-purposed with many uses."